Pre-match most people would expect a significant difference in quality between these sides based on results so far, with Sporting Braga in front of Moreirense by 19 points.
- Sporting Braga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Moreirense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both teams have had adequate rest since their last game. Let's hope for an in-your-face match!
Sporting Braga form and stats
Sporting Braga have played 10 Primeira Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
It's back home for Sporting Braga, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sporting CP away with the result 2-1. Galeno and Gorby found the net in that victory. The Braga manager Carvalhal and his crew return home after a 2-1 draw away versus Sporting CP (placed 2nd). Sporting Braga faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sporting CP (2-1). Silva (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.74/10. Silva hit three key passes.
Ahead of that match, Sporting Braga won a home game hosting Marítimo (0-1). Before that, Sporting Braga drew at home versus Marítimo. Before that game, the home loss against Marítimo with the scoreline 0-1.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Braga home games with this odds we find 15 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in twelve wins, two draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, six matches were won by at least two goals.
Sporting Braga have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio Municipal de Braga with 18 goals in 10 league matches. From these home matches, Sporting Braga have conceded only 9 goals.
Moreirense form and stats
Moreirense have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 1-4-5 (10 played).
There were no winners in Moreirense's previous match, the home game that ended 0-2 vs Santa Clara (placed 10th). Moreirense might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Santa Clara proved too strong as Moreirense slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Parque Desportivo Comendador Joaquim de Almeida Freitas. Impressive finishing secured the home win 0-2 against Santa Clara in their previous game. The attacker Santos got a match rating of 7.35 in that game. Santos hit two key passes.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Benfica with the score of 1-1. Before that, Moreirense travelled to Benfica and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1. Prior to that match, the Moreirense manager Pinto faced defeat when travelling to Benfica and losing 1-1.We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Moreirense played away with similar odds. This revealed three games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, zero were draws and the home team won as expected three times.
The attacking power of Moreirense when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 10 league matches away. As for defending, Moreirense rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The sides have met each other already this season, with the match result Moreirense - Sporting Braga 2-3 logged in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: nine - zero - one (Sporting Braga wins - draws - Moreirense wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Horta 10 goals |  I. Picanço Medeiros 5 goals |  A. Silva de Aguiar 5 goals |
Sporting Braga missing players
Moreirense missing players
| Sporting Braga | Moreirense | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 34 | 18 | 10 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 20 | 9 | 4 | Conceded | C | 9 | 15 | 29 |
| 89% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 95% |
| 68% | 70% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | 68% |
| 53% | 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 47% |
| 37% | 40% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 20% | 26% |
| 21% | 10% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 10% | 11% |
| 47% | 50% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 58% |
| 42% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 16% |
| 21% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 40% | 32% |
| 4.5 | 5.3 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
| 4.4 | 3.4 | 1.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13.6 | 17.3 | 18.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 12.1 | 11.2 |
| 4.8 | 5.9 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 37% | 31% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 23% | 36% |
| 10.4 | 7.7 | 6.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 13.1 | 12.6 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
- Moreirense have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Sporting Braga have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting Braga have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Moreirense have scored away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Porto | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 38 | 53 |
| 2 | Sporting CP | 19 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 47 |
| 3 | Benfica | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 36 | 44 |
| 4 | Sporting Braga | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 35 |
| 5 | Gil Vicente | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | Vitória SC | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 27 |
| 7 | Estoril | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Portimonense | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Marítimo | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Santa Clara | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 20 |
| 11 | Boavista | 19 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -8 | 19 |
| 12 | Pacos de Ferreira | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 19 |
| 13 | Vizela | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | -13 | 19 |
| 14 | Tondela | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -13 | 17 |
| 15 | Moreirense | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -11 | 16 |
| 16 | Famalicao | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -12 | 16 |
| 17 | Arouca | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -18 | 14 |
| 18 | Belenenses | 19 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 13 | -22 | 12 |
